I paint from the heart, working my
brush the way my mood takes me. I will often spend hours, if not days
developing my paintings to get them the way I want them to be. I
rarely look at pictures, as I paint from memory. I like to paint dark
in order to make the important subject matter come alive. My oils come alive when the spotlights touch them
and then you come into the world I have created for you

In memory of Dick Grogan who passed
away on the day I painted this oil, something I didn't learn until after
I had painted it. Dick boosted my confidence as a painter, arranging a
show for me at the Old Market Arts Centre in Dungarvan 2005. Over ten
years he bought several of my oils, often giving me sound advice along
the way. He showed my work to people all over Ireland. Rest in peace
Dick, a true gentleman

Seamus with the fire going great guns in his cobblers cottage. He was
darning his socks, looking after himself well after Mary past away
earlier in the year. His Dash his black and white collie, ever faithful,
he had no means to be downhearted, and sure he talked to all his
neighbours at Mass when after he did the weekly shopping

When the moon is full in Beara the light is exceptionally beautiful. I have long enjoyed the moonlight here in Beara

On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only The oil painting won the prestigious Sarah Walker Award at the Beara Arts Exhibition 2010

'Daybreak #2'

When Daybreak #1 went to be exhibited in a gallery in the States I was distraught and began to miss it terribly, so I painted another to take its place. Now I have both of them in my Beara Light Gallery where you can come and look at them if you so wish, but please make an appointment first. |I suppose there will come a day when they will sell. but until they do I will enjoy them to their full. I mean they are like children to me, I created them with a great deal of love and dedication, and it is often painfully hard for me to part with my work. I only hope they go to good homes